Norwegian F-16s Perform ISR Missions
08/16/2016
08/16/2016: This NATO footage highlights Norwegian F-16s operating over Norwegian skies to perform a reconnaissance mission. Credit: NAATO:6/28/16
NATO AGS Global Hawk Flight
08/13/2016
08/13/2016: The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance…
First MRH-90 To Deliver Supplies to US Navy Ship
08/11/2016
2016-08-11 According to a story by the Royal Australian Navy, the MRH-90 operating off an Australian LHD has done its first replenishment of a US Navy ship. In a story by Leut. Andrew Ragless entitled the “MRH-90 Carries Her Share of the load and published on July 28, 2016: The first…
KC-30A Working in Pitch Black 2016
08/11/2016
2016-08-11 Making its debut in a multi-national exercise, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed its KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport to RAAF Base Townsville for Exercise Pitch Black 12. Measuring 58 metres in length and with a wingspan of 60 metres, the KC-30A is a heavily modified Airbus A330…
USMC Venoms Land on the HMAS Canberra
08/11/2016
2016-08-11 Recently, the Marine’s premier attack helicopter landed on the HMAS Canberra during the RIMAC exercise. According to a story by Leut. Andrew Ragless and published on August 8, 2016: HMAS Canberra has been visited by one of the most potent attack helicopters in the United States Marine Corps, the AH-1 SuperCobra. Landing…
SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines Conduct a NEO Exercise at French Training Center
08/10/2016
08/10/2016: U.S. Marines with Bravo and Charlie company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute a Non-combatant evacuation operation exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines trained alongside a company of French…
The KC-30A Returns to Europe
08/08/2016
2016-08-08 A KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport and its crew from No. 33 Squadron (33SQN) visited air-to-air refuelling bases in Italy, and France, and attended the Royal International Air Tattoo, over the period of 5-16 July 2016. The visit allowed personnel from other Air Forces the opportunity to tour the Royal Australian…
Replenishment at Sea of the USS Reagan (Time Lapse)
08/07/2016
08/07/2016: Time lapse of a 500-man working party in the hagar bay aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a replenishment at sea with USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9). Credit: USS Ronald Reagan:7/8/16